Festival

One need only glance at the beer section of the local liquor store to see that the beer market in Nepal is changing. Particularly post the...

Until just last month, I thought skiing in Nepal was only accessible to high-end tourists at very expensive rates, flying off in helicopters to far away locations. A few years...

The two big festivals of Nepal, Dashain and Tihar, is followed by the biggest festival of the Terai, that is, Chhath Puja(Nov 11-Nov 14, 2018). This festival is...

What struck me about the Taleju Bhawani myth was the dream. According to oral mythology, much retold, King Jaya Prakash Malla used to play dice with the Taleju Bhawani....

Getting on the road during Dashain lets you glimpse a myriad lives, as Nepalis put on their finery, spending time celebrating the biggest holiday in the calendar. BijayaDashami, the tenth...

Bhaktapur is a pretty ancient city that, from a bird’s eye view, is supposed to have the shape of a flying pigeon, and besides being the...

Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, in my mind, is always associated with the Pashupatinath Temple. The temple was set away from human settlement for a reason—in the...

Each year on 15th Poush, I get to wake up with the amazing smell of sel roti. Poush 15th, also known as Tamu Lhosar, is the festival of...

The pujas are completed, and the party is finished, too, by the time I sit down with Karna Shakya. He has just completed an induction ceremony, which he...

Wondering what festivities are on offer this Christmas? Here’s a list to get you started. Feeling festive yet? It’s never too early to begin thinking about Christmas....

An Elaborate Ritual called Marriage A new step for a new life, and thus having the greatest significance for both men and women. Marriage is that...

Nowhere else but in Hadigaun! It is a strange phenomenon, one must say—Hadigaun, a remnant of yesteryears, in a well-urbanized locality of cosmopolitan Kathmandu. One...